Reading Patch Club
Biography Book List
J Nonfiction: These books are shelved by the Dewey decimal number.
Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine
& a Miracle
Dennis, Brian
J 636.7 DEN
The Longitude Prize
Dash, Joan
J 681.11 DAS
Face Book
Close, Chuck
J 759.13 CLO
Taylor Swift
Swift, Taylor
J 781.6092 SWI
Katy Perry
Perry, Katy
J 781.66092 PER
One Direction
J 781.6092 ONE DIRECTION
When Marian Sang: The True Recital of
Marian Anderson, the Voice of a Century
Ryan, Pam Muñoz
J 782.1 RYA
What To Do About Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt
Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove
Her Father Teddy Crazy!
Kerley, Barbara
J 973.099 KER
J Biography: These books are shelved by the last name of the person the biography is about.
Snowflake Bentley
Martin, Jacqueline Briggs
J BIOGRAPHY BENTLEY, WILSON
Walt Disney: Creator of Magical Worlds
Simon, Charnan
J BIOGRAPHY DISNEY, WALT
Through My Eyes
Bridges, Ruby
J BIOGRAPHY BRIDGES, RUBY
Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance
of Amelia Earhart
Fleming, Candace
J BIOGRAPHY EARHART, AMELIA
Heroine of the Titanic: A Tale Both True and
Otherwise of the Life of Molly Brown
Blos, Joan
J BIOGRAPHY BROWN, MARGARET
Young Thomas Edison
Dooling, Michael
J BIOGRAPHY EDISON, THOMAS
Cleopatra
Stanley, Diane
J BIOGRAPHY CLEOPATRA
Genius: A Photobiography of Albert Einstein
Delano, Marfe Ferguson
J BIOGRAPHY EINSTEIN, ALBERT
Dickens: His Work and his World
Rosen, Michael
J BIOGRAPHY DICKENS, CHARLES
Ben Franklin’s Almanac: Being a True Account
of the Good Gentleman’s Life
Fleming, Candace
J BIOGRAPHY FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN
Starry Messenger: A Book Depicting the Life of
a Famous Scientist, Mathematician, Astronomer,
Philosopher, Physicist, Galileo Galilei
Sis, Peter
J BIOGRAPHY GALILEI, GALILEO
Gandhi: The Young Protestor Who Founded
a Nation
Wilkinson, Philip
J BIOGRAPHY GANDHI, MAHATMA
Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural
Revolution
Jiang, Ji-Li
J BIOGRAPHY JIANG, JI-LI
Frida
Winter, Jonah
J BIOGRAPHY KAHLO, FRIDA
Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio
Kehret, Peg
J BIOGRAPHY KEHRET, PEG
Lincoln: A Photobiography
Freedman, Russell
J BIOGRAPHY LINCOLN
Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of
Wangari Maathai
Nivola, Claire A.
J BIOGRAPHY MAATHAI, WANGARI
Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet and
the Brian Books
Paulsen, Gary
J BIOGRAPHY PAULSEN, GARY
Sir Walter Raleigh and the Quest for El Dorado
Aronson, Marc
J BIOGRAPHY RALEIGH, WALTER
Our Eleanor: A Scrapbook Look at Eleanor
Roosevelt’s Remarkable Life
Fleming, Candace
J BIOGRAPHY ROOSEVELT, ELEANOR
Sacagawea
Erdrich, Liselotte
J BIOGRAPHY SACAGAWEA
Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Mostly True Stories
of Growing Up Scieszka
Scieszka, Jon
J BIOGRAPHY SCIESZKA, JON
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12/2014